Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: A strategy for affordability

[Richart Keller (richart.keller]

Brian

I'm a little puzzled about your response--I was referring to the lack of
affordability of cohousing.

RIck



On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:33 PM, <bb [at] stat.ufl.edu> wrote:

>
> Today, thanks to the increased rate of technological advancement
> starting during the industrial revolution, the cost to build a shelter
> from the elements is lower now than at any other time in recorded
> history.  Today, a family could buy a used travel trailer for a few
> thousand dollars, and park it in a friend's suburban backyard for
> perhaps nothing.
>
> I repeat, the cost of shelter -- shelter with running hot water and
> flush toilets no less -- shelter that you own without debt and can
> move with you to where jobs are available -- now costs less than a
> couple months' work.  Houses are more in reach financially, for more
> people, than they ever have been.
>
> If low and moderate income folks are having trouble affording a
> house, the problem is NOT the cost of building it.
>
> Brian
>
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